We frequently hear scary statistics like "half of marriages end in divorce" that make us think marriage is a lot riskier that it actually is. This new report indicates that, in 2015, there were 16.9 divorces for every 1,000 married women 15 or over. That's a 25 percent drop since the number peaked at 22.6 divorces in 1980. Though the numbers vary based on age, employment status, and education, the average person's chances almost never get as high as 50 percent chance of divorce. In 2014, for example, 38 percent of employed women ages 72 and over who had been married at some point were divorced, and the proportion was lower at younger ages.

But some people are more likely to get divorced than others. The rate of divorce by location, for example, is highest in D.C., according to the National Center for Family and Marriage Research. Other random factors also come into play, like the price of your ring. But overall, it's nice to know our marriages aren't as doomed as we're often led to believe.